Analytical Overview of the Evolution of Selected Tourism Indicators in the Czech and Slovak Republic During 1989–2010
Journal Title: Journal of Tourism and Services - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The paper aims to map and characterize the main facts and factors influencing the development and current status of tourism in the Czech and Slovak Republic. Changing social, economic and political conditions after 1989 greatly influenced the development of tourism in the former Czechoslovakia. Split of the Republic, enter the two successor states to the EU and Schengen area, the introduction of the Euro in the Slovak Republic and the global economic crisis – all of them have an impact on tourism indicators in the countries surveyed. The main conclusions are part of the submitted paper. It also includes SWOT analysis of tourism in the Czech and Slovak Republic.
Authors and Affiliations
Iveta Hamarneh, Anna Šenková
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